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Genus Zauschneria (California fuchsia)

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Common Name: California fuchsia

From the dry slopes and chaparral of western North America come four species of subshrubby, evergreen or deciduous perennials commonly called California fuschia. They are grown for their ability to provide late season color in the form of scarlet, tubular flowers in terminal racemes. Hummingbirds love them. Use California fuchsia in a rock garden, border, or in a dry-stone wall. They need very little watering.
Noteworthy characteristics: Funnel-shaped scarlet flowers in late summer and fall. Very attractive to hummingbirds.
Care: Grow in a sheltered spot in moderately fertile, well-drained soil in full sun. They need little watering.
Propagation: Sow seed in a cold frame or root basal cuttings in spring, with bottom heat.
Problems: Slugs may eat new growth.

Species, varieties and cultivars for genus Zauschneria

Zauschneria arizonica
(Hardy hummingbird trumpet, Arizona fuchsia, Firechalice, Wild fuchsia) Be the first to rate this plant

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This heat-loving native Southwestern species has gray-green leaves and grows to 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide. Orangey red, tubular blossoms cover the plant in late summer and early fall.